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Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton
3.0
Well Agatha is back, with another mystery to solve. This time in the village of Comfrey Magna.
Agatha has been asked to help with the PR for the local fete, so that the village can make as much money as possible in order to fix the church roof. All goes well, and the fete is turning out to be a huge success with Agatha's contacts bringing in the youth from far and wide. However, this is an Agatha Raisin mystery, and so someone must die.
A couple of elderly parishioners are adversely affected by something that has been put into the jam, and subsequently end up dead. Agatha must find out who killed them and why.
Along the way she meets a host of characters, some nice, some nasty, and also a few more bodies turn up. Of course.
Can she find out who tampered with the jam? Can she keep her hands off the handsome villager called George? Is she safe, with all her meddling rubbing people up the wrong way?
I enjoyed reading this one, although it wasn't the best I've read in the series. It dragged on a little and took an age to get to the point. I felt there were loads of extra added bits that were just uneccesary for the story. There is a random bit in there about a shoe factory that takes up about 2 pages..? With no relevance to the story at all, that I could see. These random bits are what drove down the stars to a generous 2.5 for me.
It is always a cosy read, when you pick up an Agatha Raisin. If you want a quaint little murder mystery to tide you over for a couple of days on these cooler nights, then this could be for you.
I would recommend, but not my fav of MC Beaton's by far.
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Agatha has been asked to help with the PR for the local fete, so that the village can make as much money as possible in order to fix the church roof. All goes well, and the fete is turning out to be a huge success with Agatha's contacts bringing in the youth from far and wide. However, this is an Agatha Raisin mystery, and so someone must die.
A couple of elderly parishioners are adversely affected by something that has been put into the jam, and subsequently end up dead. Agatha must find out who killed them and why.
Along the way she meets a host of characters, some nice, some nasty, and also a few more bodies turn up. Of course.
Can she find out who tampered with the jam? Can she keep her hands off the handsome villager called George? Is she safe, with all her meddling rubbing people up the wrong way?
I enjoyed reading this one, although it wasn't the best I've read in the series. It dragged on a little and took an age to get to the point. I felt there were loads of extra added bits that were just uneccesary for the story. There is a random bit in there about a shoe factory that takes up about 2 pages..? With no relevance to the story at all, that I could see. These random bits are what drove down the stars to a generous 2.5 for me.
It is always a cosy read, when you pick up an Agatha Raisin. If you want a quaint little murder mystery to tide you over for a couple of days on these cooler nights, then this could be for you.
I would recommend, but not my fav of MC Beaton's by far.
www.thebeautifulbookbreak.com